Submitted by

Ken Gates

Published in the Waco Tribune-Herald from 3/24/2008 - 3/25/2008

M. T. “Jack” Walker

August 24, 1916 – March 22, 2008

M. T. "Jack" Walker, 91, of Golinda, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Dr., Waco, with the Rev. Bill Schibler officiating. Burial will follow at Chilton Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Jack was born Aug. 24, 1916, in Lott, to John Charles Walker and Marie (McBee) Walker. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a long time farmer and rancher. He married Ruby Leona Ivey on May 28, 1937, in Lott. He retired from Texas Highway Department. He worked with Golinda Water Department and was very active in civic and community affairs. He was a Master Mason with 50 years of service and was a member of the Chilton Masonic lodge and was a Shriner.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Leona Walker on Dec. 8, 2006; a son, Charles "Sonny" Walker; four brothers; and one sister.

He is survived by a daughter-in-law, Joyce Walker; grandson, Charles "Bubba" Walker and wife, Teresa of Elm Mott; granddaughter, Lisa Vaughan and husband, Keith of China Spring; great-grandchildren, Destiny Walker, Cassidy Walker, Logan Vaughan, Tyler Walker, Madison Walker, Seth Vaughan and Kaitlyn Walker; two sisters-in-law; and a long time family friend, Charlie Hawkins Jr.